9 February 2009
Saturday’s Eagle Nest – 02/07/2009 (delayed)
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Arkansas
Henry James Compton, 16, is the son of Drew and Juliet Compton of Little Rock. Chris Campbell, 18, is the son of Donna and Gordon Campbell of Rogers.
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Colorado
Ronnie Mumm, the son of Ron and Lora Mumm of Olathe, is the newest Eagle Scout in Troop 475. He joined Troop 475 of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints just three years ago, after being a Cub Scout since he was seven years old. It was the dream of Ronnie and his twin brother, Kacey, to complete their Eagle Scout projects and receive the rank before they reached the age of 14 years. After the loss of his brother last year, Ronnie knew that he had to reach the goal for both of them. After meeting with the troop committee, it was agreed that Ronnie could have the honor of designing and building a bench to stand in the Olathe Cemetery in memory of his brother, Kacey. Ronnie says the project was important to him, so he could honor his brother. The maintenance-free bench was built and placed with the help of his father, donations from the community and cooperation from the troop.
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Connecticut
On Oct. 25, Nickolas L. Vassallo of Troop 55 Gales Ferry/Ledyard attained the rank of Eagle Scout. Together with his scoutmasters, fellow scouts, close friends, and family, State Representative Thomas Reynolds attended Nickolas’ Court of Honor. Rep. Reynolds presented Nick with a Citation of Recognition from the State of Connecticut General Assembly. Mayor of Ledyard Fred B. Allyn, Jr., who is also an Eagle Scout, presented Nick with a Certificate of Recognition. Nick’s Eagle Scout Project involved working with the Avalonia Nature Conservancy to build a natural rock stair entryway that will allow easier access to the trailhead of the Harry Leiser Tract/Pine Swamp Wildlife Corridor located on Vinegar Hill Road in Gales Ferry.
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Florida
Boy Scout Troop 277, based at Christ Episcopal Church in Ponte Vedra Beach, has six boys who have reached the top rank of Eagle Scout. They are Mac Hill, Alex Sopchak, Christian Middleton, Christian Strom, Will Zapala and Corey McCall. About 2 percent of Scouts become Eagle Scouts. The Scouts had to complete individual projects for a non-for-profit organization. They were responsible for organizing, planning and raising money for the event.
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Hawaii
Sixteen-year-old Tyler Robb has been climbing the Boy Scouts of America mountain for more than ten years, and last Saturday night he reached the summit. In a ceremony at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Lahaina, Robb received the highly esteemed Eagle Scout ranking before family, friends and fellow members of Lahaina Troop 25. For his leadership project for the Eagle Scout badge, the major requirement component in the endeavor, Tyler organized an effort to recognize exceptional trees in the Lahaina Historic District. With the help of Lahaina Restoration Foundation Executive Director Theo Morrison, Terry Morgan, mentors Dr. Pete Galpin and Sammy Kadotani, as well as Scoutmaster O’Hanlon, he designated six exceptional trees in the Lahaina area with historical significance, then designed and made the signs that will recognize the trees.
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Illinois
Steve Patzke: A St. Viator junior, Patzke recently received the Eagle Scout award for building a garden area on the grounds of St. James Catholic Church.
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Iowa
Tucker Lutter was quite particular when it came to selecting his service project as required to earn the Eagle Scout Award. Tucker, a member of Scout Troop 100 of Blessed Sacrament Church in Sioux City, came up with the idea of having volunteers make baby blankets, which will be distributed to new mothers through Birthright. The homemade portion of the equation was very important because that way people could pray for the mothers and babies as they did their handiwork. And, with homemade blankets, he said the young mothers would know that someone cared very much about them. In the end, over 200 blankets will be given to Birthright. The blankets are made up of various sizes, colors and styles from fleece to quilts and flannel to those that were crocheted and knit. Attached to each blanket will be a rosary and a card that states, “This blanket was handmade and prayed over especially for you and your baby”.
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Maryland
Boy Scout Troop 721, sponsored by the Odenton Kiwanis, has a new Eagle Scout. Zach Anders, son of Amy Anders, recently received his Eagle Award, Scouting’s highest honor, in an Eagle Court ceremony. “I wanted to help my church , so the idea for my project was to create a Memorial Garden, which would be enjoyed by the church congregation and visitors,” said Zach. While the Memorial Garden project only took a month to complete, the planning stages took almost two years. Zach worked diligently on earning more than 21 merit badges, part of the requirements towards earning his Eagle award.
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Massachusetts
Only one in every hundred Boy Scouts achieves the rank of Eagle, but for a group of Medfield friends, a strong bond with one another and even stronger ideals ensured that all seven of them garnered this honor. The journey started in 5th grade. It was at this age that Sam Dickinson, Colman Tishler, Luke Sullivan, Nick Pericles, Patrick McFetridge, Brandan Quinn, Thomas Lueders, Rob Piersiak and Hunter Fellman Green decided to join the Boy Scouts, beginning a long path that would find them aiding the community along the way. When at last the time arrived for the boys to go after their Eagle Scout honors this past year, they all came up with ways to better the Medfield community. Tishler laid erosion bars onto the slope in the Noon Hill Reservation, Sullivan constructed a walking trail behind the Center at Medfield, Pericles created a small park at the Rte. 27 and South St. extension land, McFetridge built shelves for and ran a food drive for Haley House, and Quinn constructed a horseshoe pit at the Center at Medfield. Lueders, meanwhile, cleared land near Danielson Pond and refurbished the boat launch, Piersiak worked with Town Historian Richard DeSorgher to update photos of historic homes in town, Dickinson removed metal cages from a cat room at the Medfield Animal Shelter and installed safer wooden climbing structures, and Fellman Green cleaned up the Medfield section of the Charles River.
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Michigan
When it came to generating an idea for an Eagle Scout project, Richard Iseppi could have gone the traditional route that many of his fellow aspiring Eagle Scouts have taken, opting to build trails at local schools. But the 16-year-old Hartland High School sophomore instead chose a cause close to his heart: the Humane Society of Livingston County. So, in just a few short hours on a Saturday last month, Richard Iseppi and roughly a dozen friends and fellow Boy Scouts helped collect multiple carloads full of food and $750.
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Missouri
Kevin Knauf, 16, the son of Gerald and Cheryl Knauf of Independence, received his Eagle Scout award Dec. 21, 2008, at Village Heights Community of Christ. For his Eagle project, he built a retaining wall at East Independence Community of Christ. Kevin is a junior at Fort Osage High School.
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Gallatin First Christian: Kevin Corwin is being honored in an Eagle Scout Court of Honor ceremony Feb. 8 at 3 p.m. here at the church.
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Montana
Last year, Boy Scout John Romero, a sophomore at Ronan High School, organized a 24-hour quilt-a-thon during June, for his Eagle Scout project when 30 quilts were finished. During the remainder of the year, 26 unfinished quilts from the event were finished.
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North Carolina
Joshua Michael Brophy, 16, of Taylorsville, formerly of Salisbury, received his Eagle Scout Award Nov. 1, 2008, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Salisbury. Scoutmaster Timothy Smith of Troop 401 made the presentation. Brophy has earned 121 merit badges and is junior assistant Scoutmaster.
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Will Oneal was recently honored with the rank of Eagle Scout, the highest rank in Scouting. Oneal is a member of Boy Scout Troop 346 of Raleigh Moravian Church. For his Eagle Scout project, Oneal led the construction and installation of an informational kiosk for Buffaloe Road Athletic Park.
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Tommy Batts of Wendell has achieved the highest rank in Boy Scouts — Eagle Scout. For his service project, Batts, 17, led adult leaders and fellow Scouts in building a playground at Wendell United Methodist Church.
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Ohio
All five Ralhf boys are Eagle Scouts after Dallin, the youngest, earned the highest award in Scouting during an Eagle Court of Honor Saturday, Jan. 31 at the Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Liberty Twp. For his project, Dallin solicited area businesses, including Proctor & Gamble, where his father works, his church, family and neighbors. He collected more than $1,200 and purchased enough linens to furnish the 32 new rooms at the Ronald McDonald House.
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South Carolina
Alex Bradley Simmons, 15, son of Timmy and Christie Simmons of Woodruff, recently achieved the rank of Eagle Scout.
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South Dakota
Jeremy Rud of Madison will earn the highest rank in scouting at a ceremony on Feb. 14. His Eagle Scout award ceremony will be held at Trinity Lutheran Church at 1 p.m. Rud’s project involved restoring the Abbott hiking trail at Lake Herman State Park. That 1.1-mile trail is located in the southeastern corner of the park and is one of three hiking trails in the local state park. The project took one full day and a couple of evenings to complete.
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Texas
Harris Amberson, 17, removed an old storage shed and built a new shed at The Family Place. Eric Hay, 17, planned and supervised the landscaping and entryway expansion of his church. Grant Muller, 17, designed and built three picnic tables and benches to be used at the Reconciliation Outreach. Caleb Scott, 16, with volunteers, created ornaments to look like flags, personalized Christmas cards and sent them to Iraq along with two donated Christmas trees.
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Congratulations to Nathan T. on becoming an Eagle Scout last Monday night. Over the years I watched Nathan work hard toward earning 31 Merit Badges and scouting’s highest rank. Three memorable experiences I’ll remember the most that I shared with Nathan are doing our OA Ordeal and Brotherhood together, along with our high adventure trip to Packard High Adventure Base in Colorado. We all look forward to his Eagle Court of Honor to celebrate his achievement.
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Utah
Local Boy Scouts who earned their Eagle Scout award in 2008 were honored at a recent banquet that helps mark Scouting Week. The 2008 Eagle Scouts include- Dane Lyman, Tyler Ketron, Collin Hatch, Nathan Webb, Wyatt Holyoak and Chase Randall.
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Vermont
I wish to express my gratitude to the residents of the town of West Rutland in their support for the West Rutland Food Shelf and my Boy Scout Eagle project. I would also like to thank LaValley’s Building Supply for the donation of materials for the new shelving. With approximately 2,000 pounds of food collected during our food drive on Jan. 31, it is absolutely humbling to see the generosity the people of this town show for those in need. What a wonderful community we live in.
KEN SAWYER
West Rutland
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Washington
Isaac Bahr, Bryant Foster and Edward Myers, all of Bellingham, were awarded the rank of Eagle Scout in a ceremony Dec. 30 at Central Lutheran Church in Bellingham. Bahr’s Eagle project was to reconstruct an unsafe and inaccessible handicap deck at a dorm at Camp Lutherwood on Lake Samish. Foster’ project involved the design and construction of a performance stage at Camp Lutherwood. Myers’ project involved remodeling of the fellowship hall at Camp Lutherwood.
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